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  • the rangers one was not a dive what so ever

  • 2:16 IS GARBAGE!!!

  • Love how all of those signs made about him were from Flyers fans! Quit your whining Crosby, even though I do kinda wish you a healthy recovery so that I can continue yelling at you during Flyers games.

  • why are you children so fucking stupid. Everybody complains about calls after penalty's or missed calls. The spotlight is always on Sidney Crosby because he is the best player in the world. Name one other player that can come back from a concussion and do what he did in 8 games. He still has the highest PPG percentage in the NHL. Little children who don't know anything about hockey really piss me off. Pens suck? Check the standings and stats you dumbasses.

  • @RGrewal87 Yeah I did and looks like the Rangers are doing a lot better than the pens. They usually play a good game when they buckle down, but they tend to get a little dirty when things arent going there way. Why dont you learn something about hockey.

  • Maybe he should be playing QB in the NFL?

  • you guys dont know crosby, he is tough and awesome, he is way better then you guys will ever be! he can sacked you guys and tangle your pants off.you are saying he is a pussy, but you are are the pussy you guys are all talk and no walk you are the whinneys.

  • Bernie Parent at 1:59

  • huh, funny that this video doesn't include a single "video" or a dive. I was actually looking for support for the diving argument when I clicked on this. Thanks for being useless and ineffectual again Philly.

  • @AB7221 it actually includes several videos. you obviously didn't even watch it. but i didn't know there were still people out there who needed more evidence that cindy's a diver.

  • th pic at 0:28 just made my day lol

  • :D lol

  • @Squirttleturtle91 He's not the best in the wordld... I'd take Ovechkin who has all of what Crosby has plus he can actually hit and he can take a hit. He gets tapped on the faceoff and goes down for 2 minutes.

  • ok... it's funny how people think sid's a bitch because occasionally he falls down when he gets hit or tripped, and because he's not a fighter... did it ever cross your mind that maybe he would rather be playing hockey than sitting in the penalty box? you guys are all just jealous and can't admit that he's the best in the world

  • @Squirttleturtle91 It's funny how most players disagree.

  • @HumanBornFree search "the importance of Sidney Crosby", watch the video, then tell me most players disagree with me

  • @Squirttleturtle91 "52% of 198 fellow nhl players see Crosby as the leagues top whiner" VS 13 players that think he's important. :P

  • @HumanBornFree And 69% of players polled said they'd pick Crosby to build their team around. Every players whines. Lemieux and Gretzky were notorious for it. Dislike him if you will, but there's no denying he's the best in the world. And players don't lose that status simply because of injury or the way they may act.

  • @JamesRod80 "And players don’t lose that status simply because of injury or the way they may act." I must strenuously disagree.

  • thats great ... a lot of players dive a lot of the time. He just happens to be the one people pay attention to the most therefore have to most to say about. If you hate him stop giving him sooooo much attention.

  • Sidney Crosby tumbles and that is a penalty

  • 1:02

    the old guy standing up looks a lot like max talbot.

  • Cry baby Crosby

    Funny when he "wants to fights", goes up to them, then backs away when his teammates come to protect Crosby.

    Woah woah woah Cindy's crying *Tune*

  • I wish when people heard "NHL" they thought of Patrice Bergeron rather than Crosby.

  • If Canada wants to win the gold come summer olympics get Sid on the diving team hes got my vote for best dive its a 10!!!!

  • I love this video. CROSBY SUCKS, PENGUINS SUCK....A PACK OF FAGS YOU ARE

  • @moobieNews Way to be jealous haha. And "fags"... really? Get an education.

  • u know its pathetic when Jagr tells crosby to stop diving

  • This guy and his 12 pound pussy must not have gotten the memo that pansies are not allowed in hockey.

    This douchebag will never be the next Gretzky. All the talent, but gives and gets zero respect.

  • this vid is halrious because t pretty much all of these pics are either when he trips by accident or he gets pushed from behind,0:47 he gets pushed from behind

    2:10- he broke his ankle like what kind of a face do u expect from him ?like . half of these pics are taking half way through a hockey play hes trying to do . so if its taking at the right spot it will look likes hes falling like omg . this video is only for the haters who see the bad side of sid.

  • ah a he is not a whiner . hes a good player and thats why people are just jealous ! and i agree he whined but his first like year his was in the nhl but then he stoped !! he had to probably just get use to how things are done !!

  • Who cares what he does. Check the hardware bitches. Can't Stop. Won't stop. Bad Boy.

  • Even soccer players think Crosby is a wimp.

  • 2:29 hahahah

  • 0:33-0:36 He's a Captian Wdf Do You Expect Reta@rds??

  • it is sad to see that so talented player acts like a 10 years old.is that ok to do so?FUCK NO. and this guy should be next gretzky..wow,i think wayne feels shame for this poor fucker:)

  • Thank you for all the effort you put into this video.

  • Crosby's on his back almost as much as Jenna Jameson.

  • he should play soccer.

  • What the hell do the sabres have to do with anything?

  • sidney crosby is such as faggot he should go and play miniture golf

  • crysby should give up hockey (hes no good anyways) , i hear canadas diving team can really use some help

  • @CupCrazySabres coming from a sabres fan? hahahahahahahahaha

  • Cindy Crosby is to hockey what Tony Romo is to football and Jeff Gordon is to NASCAR: GAY!!!!

  • lol that made my day! Awesome vid. Loved the skate designed for Sidney Crosby bit.

  • Great video. That diving a-hole gets special treatment every f-ing game

  • fucking idiot's he's the FUCKING best player ever you all is just jealous fucking morons witch think they're any kind of star IDIOT'S

  • @kevinn00ben Go watch 2:51 and tell me that another well known player like Alexander Ovechkin or Joe Thornton or even Adam Foote (The latter two being much older than Crosby) would also fall after that. Crosby is a terrible hockey player who has to cry wolf all the time. Stop being a dumbass.

  • Funny how a "girl" is dominating the National Hockey League...

  • @CWB2208 she's not dominating. i mean ovechkin would kick his ass any day

  • @kidkong584 Not dominating? Are you on crack or just plain stupid? I'll go with the latter.

  • @CWB2208 there are about 15 players better than crosby in the league right now. but since he never hops off bettman's cock, he's the one with the most recognition

  • @kidkong584 name them!!

  • @TheHockeymom87 well ovechkin for sure. I actually have a life other than youtube, so I can't right now. maybe later

  • lmfao im no crosby hater or nuthen but 2;05 is just fucking hilarious

  • hahaha its a shame to see that a guy with such talent would play hockey like this... what does this say our country, damn best one was the dive on that faceoff with lapierre ahaha priceless

  • if his paycheque was coming out of your pocket you wouldn't care what he did to win. still say pittsburgh needs some nasty guys in the line up to give him that extra space to do his job.

  • at 2:51 was just pathetic.

  • every piece of game footage you show is a clear penalty...its not like he is diving on bullshit plays...

  • I heard he was going to play in the World Cup, but the players complained that he flops too much!!!!!!!!

  • its not crosby its crosbitch

  • Why argue? We all know Sid has a malfunctioning brain which cant handle both hockey and tough play.

    Someone need to beat the shit out of this kid so he can get insight of the world. Please?

  • 2:16 is ridiculous

  • do they sell those shirts at 59 seconds

  • Very simple. Every time he dives jump him and pound his face black and blue it would be worth the extra 2 minutes for insitgating. Maybe he would learn after a few black eyes.

  • the only people backing this idiot up is pens fans. go on somewhere bandwagoners

  • @temprs You forgot the media and the refs...

  • Best player in the league.....With a cup. Washington will never see a cup. He does things that mortal men can only dream about. How to you spell envy? C R O S B Y

  • @Metalpen668 no, im pree sure thats how u spell whiney diving bitch

  • @Metalpen668 best player my ass. Datsuyk has won two cups with the wings and he makes crosby look like a punk bitch. when was the last time you saw pavel take a dive? i dont think you have.

    the man won a single cup and every pens fan is ready to put him in the hall of fame. come talk to me after crosby makes 19 straight playoff appearances. GO WINGS

  • @ikelax1108 Amen my friend.

  • The dive at 1:16 is amazing. CROSBY should have got a penalty for that. HIS DIVING IS DISRESPECTFULL AND A DISGRACE TO THE LEAGUE.

  • @likespaintball and he's supposed to be a role model..yes kids you must cheat(diving is cheating) to win and make sure when you dont get your way that you act like brats..imagine if every player acted like cindy..hockey would really suck

  • @likespaintball

    And the officiating that enables it is just as guilty. Every time he hits the ice, the arms go up, regardless..

  • stupid stupid find something better to do.

  • This is fucking bull shit A Crosby is clearly the best, B This shows his hole carrier like no shit hes going to fall, and anyone who plays hockey knows that sometimes u can just lose controll and fall over, even pros. You stupid fucking dumbasses.

  • @HeheTacosRule lmfao your idiocy makes me laugh. So many bandwagon NHL fans.

  • @WayneGretzkyoilers99 since my last comment was removed i would just like to reiterate that ur a retard. he dives, every hockey player and every hockey fan realizes that. no one thinks hes a bad player, its just that he recieves no respect and deserves no respect because hes a bleeding pussy.

  • diving is the most selfish play in hockey cause you are screwing your team over if they dont call a penalty. Its like a power play with huge chances of odd man rushes. panzy.

  • With all the times he's gone down looking to be in severe pain he should be in the wheel chair by now...unless he's faking.

  • cindy is a disgrace to the nhl !! this bitch ass would not lasted a week in the 70's or 80's . hey cindy crybaby , when you movin out of mary ann lemipuke house ? ... oh thats right , their secrete lovers ! hahahaahahahaa we know who wears the dress in that relationship !!

  • 2:19 ---WOW

  • "ugghhh!! Sidney Crosby tumbles, and that is a penalty" -Jim Jackson

  • great vid.

  • Now i know why he is called Sid the Kid.

  • someone should tell cindy you cant dive through the ice like water he might sprain his vagina again and we dont want that now do we?

  • ok i looove sid but this was funny as hell

  • i had the worst day until i found this vid...hahahahahaha funny shit..you suck cindy"my vagina grows by the second"crysby

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  • Crosby has skills, but he can't fight for shit AND he's a little crybaby.

  • And this guy is supposed to be the next Gretzky?BOOOOOO!

  • @Nhl9493 Ha all you have ZERO knowledge of hockey history. As they said the same shit about Gretzky retard...... Its hilarious that you think all hockey players dont take dives.... hilarious. And best of all this is from Philly fans. The dirtiest cheapest team in the league. Delusion at its best.

  • Are you a fucking idiot? When Gretzky was Crosby's age he was accused of the exact same things. Whining, diving, you name it.

  • @razorslice17 actually i just don't like crosby

  • @Nhl9493 gretzky may have been the NHLs biggest whiner and pussy ever.. sorry to break it to you lmao and honestly go watch gretzkys era of hockey and watch his goals and moves compared to the greats of today... not even close

  • i hope kronwall ends crosbys career in one KO like he did to Havlat when he was with chicago

  • Just because he is on the ground means he is a diver, NO it doesn't. Everbody that thinks he is a diver does not know anything about hockey.

  • @WayneGretzkyoilers99 Maybe some of those were legit but half the time he pretended to lose footing and just fell backwards and then flipped into the fetal position.

  • @crunchnu21 actually, if you were watching that game, you would have seen that he got butt ended.

  • haha i love how that flyers player just takes his stick and skates away

  • Don't turn this into soccer. I could barley watch a world cup game earlier because of all the pussies falling, diving and crying. That and the vuvuzelas. bzzzzzzzzz

  • 1:57 crybaby got an owie haha

  • Notice crosby's driving hard to the puck on every single one of these pictures.......... Haters gonna hate, but how many championships does ovechkin have?

  • superstar hockey players are markedmen on the ice so you sit there and say crosby is a whiner but if he was on your team you would all want him balls deep in your mouth he has people trying to shut him down at scoring all year but always ends up on the scoring charts people just like to hate him cause he's one of the best and makes there favorite teams look like shit of couse if you work hard on the ice your gonna fall espeacially when you have people all over you cause they know you can score

  • All the goons hack at him because he is good. I would complain too. Hockey is getting dirty.

  • 1:39 soccer pussy fake lolz

  • lol @ 1:03

    He's flying!!

  • sweet!

  • This was a great video, what sucks is that Crosby is a great player but an amazing performer as well.

  • Crosby fucking sucks. He might be the biggest tool in the history of the NHL.

  • 3:24 LOL 

  • He made hockey suck. Where are the times where fights were all the time. Now with this guy u get 2 minutes for checking. What a bitch. Wings 4 Life

  • @Beaupre911 he made hockey suck? umm aright he helped bring back a great franchise and is canada's best hockey player.

  • GO CROSBY

    i dont care what u people think

    crosby is amazing

  • @fffffrrrreeeedddd Well ya

    Crosby IS a good player, but he is a little bit of a whiner.

    So I don't care either.

  • Great video.....Crosby is the Queen of Dive

  • That face-off at 2:19 is just one of the many reasons crosby is a pussy

  • 2:15 explains it all!!

  • 2:15 I remember this play. Crosby received the tip of the stick in the stomach, another camera angle proved this. Not saying he isn't a diver however but this one is wrong for certain.

  • That's not a fitting song for this video. If He's just a girl, then that makes the best hockey player in the NHL a girl? that's crazy talk. jealous much? Most of those photos were from his rookie season probably anyway and he has developed so much since then. Get over it haters.

  • xD at 0:20 was he comparing Crosby to Lemieux?

  • Sid was a whiny Bitch against Montreal..Habs Taught him some class I hope...GO HABS

  • @vnvfan666 YEAH THEY FUCKIN WON!:D:D:D

  • @vnvfan666 and in the game i saw last night, philly taught the habs a lesson. times six. i love the pens and with that obviously comes the hate for the flyers but wow, 6-0... guess halak isn't all he's set out to be..

  • honestly I think he is a great player however no self respecting hockey fan can give him respect with all the diving and crying he does if he cut that out of his game I don't think i would hate him so much

  • @IrishAssasign Exactly. To say that he sucks as a PLAYER is not true. He is a great player. As a sportsman? Terrible. And this is coming from a Red Wings fan.

  • EAT ONE CINDY!!!

  • Watching this makes me want to cry.. what has hockey turned into. It's such a shame that you people have so much hate in your hearts for such a good, hard working player... Too bad hockey has lost it's respect.. You should all be very ashamed of yourselves..

  • @mentalitymentalist You're right, we have lost respect for players who incessantly whine and take dives over the weakest touches. If your type of hockey is barrelling to the ground and winging in "pain" when someone touches your calf with their stick, then you can keep your hockey and go play Delhi or Australia or something.

    Not that I'm a Red Wings fan or Crosby hater. He's a very talented player, but he whines, and yes, he's a bitch. Pure and simple, chap.

  • @honarmin Sorry to say, but you completely missed the point of my comment.

  • @honarmin funny you guys still mention that, that was in his rookie years that he whined he does it way less but for some reason you guys are still living in 2006 get over yourelfs and accept that he is great overall. BTW he is the captain so if you think he is whinning to the refs, he is arguing the calls and its his job

  • @honarmin He's NOT a bitch, he's incredible!

  • @mentalitymentalist How can you respect a player that bitches and whines and complains about everything?

  • @NikeBauer9077 It honestly looks to me like it's YOU guys that are bitching and complaining about HIM...but anyways, I'm not here to argue, unlike you guys. So I'll just leave it at that. I'll be open to your opinion if you are to mine.

  • @mentalitymentalist Did you hear the guy in the beginning of the video, fellow nhl'ers gave him the title of the leagues top whiner. Not only do the fans think he's a bit of a whiner but so do the other players of the NHL. That is making it clear that he is a whiner and he does dives like no other. I will admit that he is good. He scores.

    But other than that he's not really a good hockey player other than being really young.

  • but maybe Gary Betman glorifies him a little more in the states because they don't see as much of him as we do in Canada.. He is barely mentioned in Canada because he has little to no respect when it comes to his attitude. Again, he is a great player, but nobody likes the way he acts after the play, not even Don Cherry, and that guy glorifies any Canadian talents like they were his blood relatives.

  • would you guys lay off? watch the games. Crosby is one of the best players in the nhl. Every team aims for him. Montreal right now is putting 2 defensemen on him everytime he enters the offensive zone, and they play really rough with him and he hasn't "cried" once. He's a target. That's why it appears to always be him. Watch Divechkin for once and you'll see some crybaby diving and crying about things that he's never even been involved in.

  • Cindy Crosby has been whining and running his mouth ever since he got drafted. I hope one day he gets his lips off of Bettman's ass, and starts playing the sport like a man.

  • In the montreal series right now, he has broken his stick on the goal post because he got poke checked, whined at the ref at least 10 times, dove, tripped 3 players without a penalty call (and even the announcers said "and the referees seem to miss yet another call on number 87) and hasn't scored a goal yet because he is too worried about bitching. He could be so much better, all he needs to do is play hockey.. I wish he would realize that the water is frozen and stop trying to dive.

  • Wow, you guys are all such dumbasses. Blah, blah, blah, whine, blah, blah, dive. Get over it. It doesn't happen. Get your head of a dumpster and act like an actual hockey fan. Your lack of knowledge is ridiculous.

  • @ejshu17 fast forward the video to 2:16

    i do believe it happens.

    if you were an actual hockey fan, watch the Montreal - Pittsburgh series on right now, and tell me he doesn't whine every game.

  • @icebukket

    He doesn't whine any more than any captain. Do you know why the NHL doesn't allow goalies to be acting captains on the ice? Look up Bill Durnan. Yeah, every captain talks to the ref. It's not whining, it's just part of the game. Get your facts straight, and you would know that if you were an actual hockey fan, instead of jumping on the next "hate x" bandwagon. By the way, the part you refer to is from his rookie season. Which proves my point exactly. Thanks.

  • @ejshu17 I am an actual hockey fan. I have always hated Crosby. I am a canadian too, go figure huh? Did you not here the part at the start of the video? 52% of NHL players voted Sidney Crosby the biggest whiner in the NHL. The next closest player was voted at 8 percent. That's kind of a HUGE margin. I have my facts straight, its you who is making all of there views out of opinion. Crosby is a great hockey player, but only before the whistle blows. Any TRUE hockey fan would know THAT..

  • @icebukket

    I would make fun of your grammar mistakes, but that has nothing to do with the argument.

    I wish they had more information on the poll than just the percentage. There should be more than just "whining." Much of that was during his rookie year, and might have skewed the results for the kind of player he is now. You have one piece of evidence, that's all. No real, substantiated pattern outside of his growing year. So stop your bull about being a TRUE hockey fan. Jump off the bandwagon.

  • @ejshu17 I've been a Habs fan for 15 years, played hockey for 14, and been alive for 17. I think that's enough to say i am a True hockey fan. And no, grammar mistakes have nothing to do with the argument, its an online youtube comment. finally, the results aren't skewed.. it was a player poll, that means it was made by the people who play with him and see what we don't see on the tv. you keep talking about his growing year being the one everybody talks about? Nobody but you is saying that..

  • @icebukket

    First off, you're the one who questioned me being a true hockey fan. I'm not going to just say "you disagree with me, you bandwagoner/ignorant hockey fan." I'm saying, if you're going to put a statistic out like ESPN did, I'd like more information. I'd like more of the why. I'm not saying that only his rookie year he whined, but he does it the same as any other captain. But the Crosby haters just put him under the spotlight. Everything he does/says is wrong.

  • @ejshu17 In fact, I'm going to go out and make an assumption that you are probably from Pittsburgh or are a Pittsburgh fan? They seem to be the only people who think otherwise.. well them and prepubescent girls..

  • @icebukket

    There's others, just go to hfboards. It seems most people of other fanbases are "OMG I HATE CROSBY! BANDWAGON JUMP!" or are indifferent. And I call it like I see it. I think Cooke's a bit of a douche (on-ice, he is a good guy off of it), and I never like Jarkko Ruutu when he played for us (really dirty player). So just because I am from the area and have been following hockey since the mid-90's, don't just assume that I'm sticking it in just because he's a Penguin.

  • @ejshu17 I'll agree with you there, Matt Cooke is a flaming douche.. I lov ehis play style, but i hate his cheap shots. Jarkko Ruutu has always been a useless plug lol. Its just that you have to see where i am coming from, i was right about you being from the area right? People north of the 49th parallel heard so much about Crosby and how he was supposed to be incredible and all and it was just a big disappointment when we saw the way he acted after the whistle, the wounds have never healed.

  • @icebukket

    Hey, i was disappointed with his diving during his rookie year. But he doesn't do it like he used to. He does it as much as any other player. It's just that he is under this spotlight because of a hate bandwagon.

  • @ejshu17 I would say right now most of the hate bandwagon resides in Montreal at the moment do to the playoff series which is going on right now (which is getting really exciting, not going to lie) and people have a tendency to notice the things that other team's franchise players do more than any other players. Its just that when he gets emotional and crosschecks people after the buzzer, or breaks his stick on the opposing teams goal post, even if its under frustration, it stands out to people.

  • @icebukket

    The Canadiens have played half good hockey/half skilless trash. But, it's game 7. We'll see what happens. It is pretty amazing what they have done.

    Anyways, the whole stick thing was stupid, but I think it's a little overblown. Again, it's like people just watch the game to scrutinize his every movement. He didn't pull a Keith Ballard. No real harm done (besides he was left without a stick).

  • @ejshu17 yeah but the Canadiens have absolutely no outstanding players in their roster. They weren't supposed to beat washington, and they weren't supposed to compete with pittsburgh. Right now it all comes down to whether or not Pittsburgh can beat Halak and the Montreal Coaching staff, both of which seem to be working miracles. I wouldn't say any of their hockey has been SKILLESS though, its hard to compete with a goaltender like fleury and a first line with Crosby and Malkin.

  • @icebukket

    They have played some skilless hockey during some games. Game 6 was not a good example. At times, they have just played Penalty Kill Hockey at full strength, and just plain laid out in front of Halak. I think the last 8th Seed to make it to the Cup was the 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars. I don't think the Habs can do it (I think they lose game 7), but you never know. Let it be a good match up. And if you lose, I commend you guys. You have this playoff season interesting.

  • @ejshu17 nobody really thinks they can do it, and i didn't expect them to win any of the games they have one all playoffs, but there is always hope and luck! These playoffs have been very interesting indeed.

  • @icebukket

    I'm not going to lie, I don't agree with you on everything, but I like your style. Your fans at the arena are annoying as shit though. My only complaints are the complete bias in any calls (every fanbase does it, but come on, they're worse than the Orange Crush), and the incredible cheering of their team when they merely get it out of their own zone.

  • @ejshu17 If you pay good money for the tickets might as well participate in the show!

  • @ejshu17 so ur saying that there are absolutley no politics involved with hockey? get ur head out of ur ass buddy. wake up the nhl is turning into the nba. refs dont even have to be getting paid say the commisioner walks in and says damn id really like to see san jose and montreal in the finals u think the refs will try and make that happen hell yes so u get ur facts right buddy

  • @pmcreds33

    Go to the insane asylum with your conspiracy bullshit. I doubt you actually watch hockey. Why don't you just wear a tinfoil hat around from now on? Get your head out of your ass, and I'm not your buddy, pal.

  • If being a pussy & a whiner makes you a championship all-star hockey Icon, we'll bitch away because Crosby is certainly the best. People love to hate the best, ask Kanye :)

    Keep Hating Haters, and we'll see a whiney Crosby raise yet another cup over his head this year. Must suck to win eh?

  • @BollocksPictures would be? even tho hes already won more than a lot of people have in the leage and at age 22? just as FuckinMuscleDummy said "rocket richard trophy, lester b pearson award, stanley cup, olympic gold medal, MVP" 3rd youngest player to reach 500pts.. and did it 4 games faster than ovi... id say hes still the best on the ice right now

  • i kno its a terrible thing to say, but i really hope he tears an acl or something. i hate this pussy so much!

  • I like how about a third of the shots are from his rookie season (when he actually was a diving whining bitch), and a vast majority of the others are him waiting for a faceoff/being checked/making a play. Man, I thought there was so much evidence of Crosby's whining and diving. In fact, after watching him for many games, he whines to the refs about as much as any other captain, rarely.

  • 1:57 how could you guys make fun of him. cant you tell he broke a nail!

  • @davidmyersloveshocke that comment made my day looooool

  • this is hilarious

  • hahahahaha this is awesome

  • Whining Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggggggggg­g

  • @martyzf Dude, that's a horrible insult. Nobody deserves to be compared to Criesby.